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An uneasy contradiction: Australia climbs gender equality ranks—but gender-based violence gets worse

Australia’s progress on gender equality sits uneasily alongside a national crisis: gender-based violence is not falling — it is escalating.

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An uneasy contradiction: Australia climbs gender equality ranks—but gender-based violence gets worse

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The Brisbane Olympics deserve better than this boys’ club rewrite

Cartier offering grants of up to $150,000 for impact-driven women entrepreneurs

Sussan Ley has her first big outing with the national media next week, so here are some questions for her

Universal early learning changes young lives for the better. It’s time to deliver it.

The gender pay gaps that Australia’s highest-paid CEOs oversee

‘Source of pride’: Jim Chalmers pays tribute to women leading our most powerful economic institutions

Installation by South Sudanese artist in Martin Place marks World Refugee Day

Think teetotallers are killjoys dragging down the economy? The evidence suggests the opposite

Podcast: What the Budget means for women

Why “The Girls Are Fighting” isn’t anti-feminist, it’s a reclamation

Northern Rivers flood recovery powered by women’s leadership, study finds

Prime time snubs, social media abuse: Women tennis players get rough end of draw

The gender pay gaps that Australia’s highest-paid CEOs oversee

‘Source of pride’: Jim Chalmers pays tribute to women leading our most powerful economic institutions

Installation by South Sudanese artist in Martin Place marks World Refugee Day

Think teetotallers are killjoys dragging down the economy? The evidence suggests the opposite

Netflix announces series adaptation of Miles Franklin’s classic ‘My Brilliant Career’

The Men’s Table is tackling men’s loneliness head-on with a powerful act of trust

Amy Klobuchar describes murdered US Representative as an ‘incredible woman’

British lawmakers vote to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales

Four males charged over alleged six-hour gang rape of 17yo girl in south-west Sydney

Can we blame women for avoiding the news?

Founder Suzie Betts’ leadership is built on a passion to protect women’s breast health

We tracked Aussie teens’ mental health. The news isn’t good – and problems are worse for girls

‘Doctors told me I would never walk’: How Kate defied the odds to build a life and career she loves

This on-stage adaptation of The Spare Room gives an unflinching portrayal of caregiving and female friendship

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Australian impact startups getting more early-stage investment despite market downturn: new report

‘Historic appointment’: Blaise Metreweli becomes first woman to lead MI6

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‘We are so grateful’: Ash Barty announces birth of daughter

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This on-stage adaptation of The Spare Room gives an unflinching portrayal of caregiving and female friendship

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